Lime Spatula
68-7-83C
From: New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 68-7-83C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands |
| Date Made | 1919-1925 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | For betel. Black hardwood. a: Geometric design on top, geometric face. Center, snake below, lime filling b: Lozenge shape handle c: Feather-shaped handle. d: Curvilinear humanoid figure on top curvilinear design above blade e: Ring figure on top, feather-shaped form in the middle; stylized human face above blade. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. H. Marshall, 1968 |
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